Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The oceanography of past geological periods. See
paleogeography .
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- noun The study of the
history of theoceans , especially theircirculation ,chemistry ,biogeography ,fertility , andsedimentation .
Etymologies
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His research focuses on the global carbon cycle, biogeochemistry and paleoceanography.
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With a background ranging from biogeochemistry to paleoceanography, Naqvi has carried out extensive research on the biogeochemistry of oxygen-deficient marine environments, especially denitrification and nitrous oxide cycling.
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Variations in Atlantic surface ocean paleoceanography, 50º – 80º N: a time-slice record of the last 30,000 years.
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Eemian and early Weichselian (140 – 60 ka) paleoceanography and paleoclimate in the Nordic seas with comparisons to Holocene conditions.
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Late Neogene paleoclimates and paleoceanography in the Iceland-Norwegian sea: evidence from the Iceland and Voring Plateaus.
Variability in hydrographic properties and currents in the Arctic 2009
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The discovery that the deep ocean was not the constant unchanging environment that had been assumed marked the beginning of paleoceanography as a new field of science.
Emiliani, Cesare 2009
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He is widely regarded as the father of paleoceanography.
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He is widely regarded as the father of paleoceanography.
Emiliani, Cesare 2009
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His research focuses on the global carbon cycle, biogeochemistry and paleoceanography.
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I mentioned 34 million years ago as that is the most likely date at which the “modern-day” values were reached, say, around 300 ppm, see Pagani et al, 2002, paleoceanography as opposed to 1000-2000 ppmv before that period.
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